Cody LaPlante

Photograph ByDave LaPlante

Cody LaPlante, age 12, won the USASA National Championship title in slopestyle in 2012 and 2013, then in 2014, he won the halfpipe title and the overall combined title (thanks to getting second in slopestyle and fourth in skier cross). The Tahoe-area native landed his first double flat spin at age 11.